ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,213, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Distance measurement apparatus and setting method of transmission condition" was invented by Yukimitsu Yamada (Miyagi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distance measurement apparatus executes transmitting and receiving a signal with another device; acquiring first and second phases when the other device receives signals of first and second frequencies from the distance measurement apparatus; measuring third and fourth phases when the signals of first and second frequencies are received from the other device; measuring a distance to the other device based on ...